Thinking of this, Yu Tang took out the round mirror from his waist, bit his finger, and dripped blood onto it.
The magic circle on the mirror lit up, and the ghosts wandering on the cliff edge shuddered, all turning their gazes toward him in an instant, their empty eyes becoming extremely fiery and thirsty.
Without a second thought, he abandoned the other humans and charged toward Yutang!
Yu Tang smiled slightly, drew a talisman with one hand, and charged straight at the abyss, clearing a path. Amidst the gasps of the crowd, he plummeted downwards into the dark abyss!
The ghosts behind them were intertwined and growing in number, causing dark clouds to gather in the sky over this area.
Yu Tang remained completely calm, following Xiao Jin's instructions to light a lamp he had just stolen. He flew across the Black River of the Dark Abyss, dodged attacks from swarms of bats, and weaved through the purple, dry bark forest.
Until the end of the Black River, where the flow ceases, a handsome and enchanting male figure appears on a giant lotus-shaped stone platform.
Yu Tang grinned, wiped the blood off the mirror, hid behind Gu Yuan, pointed at the "Black Cloud" that had followed behind him, and said to him.
"My Lord, this is just a small gift. Is it enough for you to have a meal?"
The plot of "Ghosts and Gods" will now begin with the villain dying for the ninth time, chapter 7... Thank you everyone for urging me to update and for the small gifts...
Chapter 3
The villain is resurrected for the ninth time (03)
Yu Tang placed his hand on Gu Yuan's body. The contact between the human's warm body temperature and his cold body was like hot water being poured on ice, burning intensely for a moment.
"A mortal?" Gu Yuan didn't brush his hand away, but asked, "How did you manage to get in?"
Yu Tang was taken aback. Without bothering to explain, he continued pointing at the ghosts and said, "Don't worry about me. Those ghosts are coming. Don't you love eating ghosts?"
He remembered that Qin Meimei used to keep talking about ghosts, so he figured she wouldn't refuse.
Gu Yuan then glanced at the ghosts who trembled like leaves upon seeing him but dared not run away, sneered, and slowly said.
"It's dirty, I won't eat it."
"It's ugly, I won't eat it."
"Too weak, won't eat."
After speaking, he turned his gaze back to Yu Tang and looked him up and down for a while.
“You happen to be one of those three types.”
"Since you're going to give me a gift..." Gu Yuan's lips appeared even redder against his pale face, and he asked Yu Tang with a slight smile, "How about you die sooner and offer yourself to me?"
Yu Tang was completely stunned.
What kind of talk is that?
Wait, no, he remembered that in the script, Gu Yuan was supposed to be a stupid and easily fooled character, right?
But now it seems that's not the case!
"Haha, what are you saying, Lord Ghost God?" Yu Tang stretched out his hands and hugged his "helpless and weak" self, saying, "I'm only sixteen years old, I still have a long life ahead of me to enjoy, how can I just die like that?"
"Aside from my life, I will do my best to satisfy any other gift you desire."
Gu Yuan looked up at him and said, "Tell me yourself, besides your life, is there anything else about you that can attract me?"
Before Yu Tang could refute, Gu Yuan's pale white finger tapped the long sword in his hand.
"Broken sword..."
She pointed at his clothes again: "Ragged clothes..."
He lowered his hand to his purse, weighed it in his hand, and said, "Poor fellow..."
Yu Tang's lips twitched, and the next moment his waist loosened as Gu Yuan grabbed his wine gourd and shook it up and down: "Human wine?"
I pulled out the stopper and smelled it.
His eyes flickered slightly.
He tilted his head back, took a small sip, and frowned: "This cheap wine..."
Finally, his gaze fell on the round mirror, and Gu Yuan let out a soft exclamation: "The 'Clang' Divine Mirror? A divine artifact?"
He was sitting on the lotus platform, and now he leaned down to Yu Tang's waist, his soft black hair sliding down his temples and winding on the lotus platform.
He sniffed the mirror until his nose was almost touching it, then examined it closely, like a puppy.
"The taste of blood..."
"It smells so good..."
He seemed to be instinctively moving away from the mirror, his scent following Yu Tang's waist to his hand with the small cut.
That was the spot where Yu Tang had bitten open while drawing talismans and activating the sealing formation.
Before Yu Tang could react, he took Yu Tang's finger and licked it.
As the blood droplets rolled on his tongue and dissolved in his mouth, Gu Yuan felt his divine essence tremble.
This human's blood is very special!
With this thought flashing through his mind, Gu Yuan gathered a little strength in his fingers and applied it to Yu Tang's wound, and the skin there healed completely.
"I've changed my mind."
Gu Yuan smiled at him: "I can spare your life for now, but you must give me a little of your blood periodically. After you die of old age, I will take your soul. If you agree, I will grant you one request."
Yu Tang had thought Gu Yuan was going to keep criticizing him, but then the other person suddenly said this.
He paused for a moment before asking, "How did you know I needed something from you?"
"The ghost told me." Gu Yuan healed Yu Tang's injuries but didn't let go. Instead, he pinched Yu Tang's knuckles and poked his pale pink fingertips, saying, "Many humans have died in the Dark Abyss during this time. They all fell down from the mountain and couldn't get here. Some of them couldn't get rid of their resentment and turned into ghosts to continue harming people who come down from above."
"So I guess you also want to take me out and change the king's fate, right?"
Chapter 4
The villain is resurrected for the ninth time (04)
Yu Tang looked down at him.
It was only then that I realized that those scripts had most likely been rewritten.
The key events may remain the same, but the characters' personalities are not as they were in the script.
Gu Yuan was not stupid from beginning to end; he always knew that he would be taken advantage of if he went out.
"You guessed wrong." Thinking of this, Yu Tang suddenly smiled.
He took the initiative and squeezed Gu Yuan's palm.
"My request is not to ask you to change the fate of the Yan Kingdom."
“Deceitful…” Gu Yuan said, “Those who offer unsolicited kindness are either treacherous or thieves.”
"You just arrived here and you're already giving me a gift. Aren't you up to something?"
Yu Tang shrugged, his smile widening: "I didn't say I had any ulterior motives."
Gu Yuan, caught off guard, frowned and asked, "So what are you after?"
"I love you..."
Yu Tang bent down, leaned close to Gu Yuan, and tricked him: "To be honest, I am a Taoist priest from the Qingnan Mountain Taoist Temple. My master heard that the King of Yan was trying to change the fate of the country by relying on the power of ghosts and gods."
He felt this was against the natural order and would disrupt the cycle of cause and effect, so he sent me down the mountain to find you, bring you back, and invite you into our Taoist temple for 'consecration'."
"This is what I'm after."
Gu Yuan frowned, seeing that Yu Tang's expression was sincere and not feigned.
But he always felt that something was off.
He asked again, still suspicious, "Really?"
“Absolutely true.” Yu Tang raised three fingers as if to swear: “If I utter a single falsehood, may the Thunder God and Lightning Goddess strike me with lightning.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than a thunderclap suddenly rang out outside, striking right at Yu Tang's feet.
He wiped his sweat and said, "But I missed."
Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow, his gaze towards Yu Tang showing a hint of interest.
"Liar..." He called Yu Tang a liar, but instead of investigating the truth, he asked Yu Tang, "What's your name?"
“Chiyu…” Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and replied, “But I have another name, Yu Tang, and I prefer you to call me by that name.”
"The fish in the pond longs for its old pond..." Gu Yuan's words carried a hint of surprise: "My name is Gu Yuan, and our names sound quite compatible."
"But you have two names, and I want to have two names too."
"But I don't understand how humans name themselves."
He poked Yu Tang's waist with his finger: "You can start it for me."
"If the name doesn't sound good, I won't go out with you."
"Wow!" Xiao Jin's voice rang out, reminding Yu Tang: [Master, could it be that you were the one who originally named Qin Junyang?!]
Yu Tang was also a little dazed.
He tried asking Gu Yuan, "What do you think of the name Qin Junyang?"
“Qin Junyang…” Gu Yuan repeated the name and immediately said, “It sounds nice…”
Yu Tang then asked, "What about Qin Meimei?"
“Huh…” Qin Junyang looked up at him, his face full of pleasure: “You mortal are really good at naming things.”
“I love beautiful things. You made my name contain two 'beauty' characters, which is a double compliment to me.”
"Great, great, I really like it."
Yu Tang's lips twitched, and he barely managed to suppress a laugh.
As expected, Qin Meimei is still the same Qin Meimei. Whether it's a thousand years ago or a thousand years later, she still retains that naive and simple charm.
“Then it’s settled.” Yu Tang made the decision: “After we get out, you can’t say that you are Gui Shen Gu Yuan. I will also help you conceal your identity. In front of outsiders, you are Qin Jun Yang, nickname Mei Mei.”
"No problem..." Qin Junyang said after agreeing.